Sgt Pepper @ 50: BBC celebrations
Offical Apple/Universal ad from the back page of “Record Collector”, May edition. To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles on 1 June 1967,...
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Kenny and The Beatles on the radio
The late Kenny Everett A new radio show about legendary and controversial radio DJ Kenny Everett and his relationship with the Beatles, presented by Paul Gambaccini, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on...
Lost “TOTP” footage in better quality
Last June, we told you about a newly found film of The Beatles’ first ever “Top Of The Pops” appearance. Taped 19 March 1964 for insertion into the 25 March edition, a good portion...
BBC Radio 4 – Great lives: John Lennon
A new series, “Great lives” debuts with a closer look at John Lennon. This may be old news from 2010, but it’s available now from BBC Radio 4. Journalist John Harris, author of influential...
Paul McCartney on BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes
McCartney on BBC 4 The recently taped interview with Paul McCartney on a special edition of BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes will be available today on the BBC iPlayer. Paul McCartney talked to John Wilson...
Paul McCartney records for special edition of BBC Radio 4 series Mastertapes
Get your tickets for a special recording session with Sir Paul at BBC Maida Vale Studios! The radio series Mastertapes returns to BBC Radio 4 later in the year, and a special edition of...
ShowBiz TV launches with Last Lennon interview
ShowBiz TV, a brand-new U.K. entertainment channel for the discerning viewer, launches on 8th December 2015 @ 6.30pm. ShowBiz TV is a free-to-view platform offering the broadest range of exciting programming, seven days a...
Remembering Lennon
Life Magazine’s Lennon issue from 2005 Things are starting to gear up for the inevitable celebration of John Lennon’s life for the 75th anniversary of his birth, October 9. Life is bringing an updated...
A couple of “Top Of The Pops” stories
I was re-editing and translating into Norwegian my 2014 article about The Beatles’ appearances on “Top Of The Pops” for the “Norwegian Wood” magazine, when I came across a recent (2015 but no date given)...
The Beatles at the Beeb rebroadcast
BBC Top Of The Pops 1966 The BBC has again made available their 1982 original broadcasts of the “Beatles at the Beeb” radio series. Link. Andy Peebles tells the story of the many live...
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